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Bill Banning Birth Tourism Filed amid White House’s Push to End Birthright Citizenship

Tom Pappert
new born baby

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) filed legislation on Tuesday that would specifically prohibit birth tourism. Blackburn said her bill would complement the effort by President Donald Trump to end birthright citizenship.

The Ban Birth Tourism Act would amend the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act to include provisions specifically stating that any foreigner seeking entry to the United States for “the primary purpose of obtaining United States citizenship for a child by giving birth to such child is inadmissable,” closing what Blackburn’s office called a loophole that allows wealthy foreigners to purchase American citizenship for their children.

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Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti Submits Amicus Brief Supporting Trump Admin’s Push to Reverse Birthright Citizenship

Tom Pappert
Tennessee AG

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on Friday submitted an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Trump administration’s efforts to reverse birthright citizenship, the legal right to citizenship granted to any person born inside the United States, even if they are born to illegal immigrants or tourists.

Skrmetti announced the amicus brief on a Friday video posted to the social media platform X, where he confirmed he filed a brief in support of the executive order signed by President Donald Trump to deny citizenship at birth to children of certain non citizens, which was frozen by a federal judge in New Hampshire after a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

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Rasmussen: Ending Birthright Citizenship ‘Popular with Voters’

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Illegal immigrant children, women processing

The results of a poll from early 2024 is receiving renewed attention after former President Trump considers ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.

“We’re going to have to get it changed. We’ll maybe have to go back to the people,” Trump said in a recent interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “But we have to end it.”

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